Afrasura indecisa

Afrasura indecisa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Erebidae
Subfamilia: Arctiinae
Tribus: Lithosiini
Subtribus: Nudariina
Genus: Afrasura
Species: Afrasura indecisa
Subspecies: A. i. indecisa – A. i. orientalis

Name

Afrasura indecisa (Walker, 1869)

Type locality: Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂.

Synonyms

• Barsine indecisa Walker, 1869
• Asyra indecisa Walker, 1869 by Durante 2009: 32.
• Asura xantha Bethune-Baker, 1911 (synonymized by Durante, 2009: 32)

References

• Durante, A., 2009: Revision of the Afrotropical species of Asura Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae, Lithosiinae), with the description of a new genus. Zootaxa, 2280: 27–52. Abstract & excerpt
• Durante, A., 2012: The genus Afrasura Durante, 2009 in Gabon, with description of five new species and a new species group (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini). Zootaxa 3478: 383–398. Abstract: [1].
• Durante, M.A. 2012. New genera and problematic species in African Lithosiinae (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lymantriidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 22: 1-16. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.22 . Reference page.